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Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parshat Vayeshev with Rabbi Michael Pincus

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December 19, 2019

 

Michael Pincus is the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in West Hartford, CT.

This week’s Torah portion — Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23) — features the first part of the story of Joseph and his brothers. It begins with Joseph’s dreams and continues to tell us about how he was sold into slavery by his brothers, about the affair with Potiphar’s wife, and about the beginnings of his career as an interpreter of dreams. Our conversation focuses on the man – or angel – whose encounter with Joseph changes a people’s history.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SPOIjZzxPM

 

Previous Torah Talks on Vayeshev

Rabbi Harold Robinson

Rabbi Reuven Leigh

Rabbi Debra Landsberg

Rabbi Martin Cohen

Rabbi Olivier Benhaim

Rabbi Joe Blair

 

 

 

 

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